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Monday, 4 June 2018

Are Current Military Rifles Of The RIGHT Caliber?

The 5.56mm or .223" Eugene Stoner designed AR15 / M16 rifle (adopted 1964) has been widely derided as being too small and ineffective .. while the 7.62x51mm NATO round is said by some to be too big & heavy and rated as over-powered for much close combat use.

All three main power blocks have adopted similar sized small bore infantry weapon ammunition - but many combatant forces in Afghanistan's prolonged agony have swapped their small & light tools for heavier longer range capability rifles to try counter the hostile local & 'insurgent' forces.